I may be a pessimist, but I don’t see how this is really going to help. One baby. Exactly one baby from a country that certainly has thousands upon thousands of babies that are in need of help. Is it possible that the idea is that when news of the adoption hits, people will rush to their computer to donate money to the causes?

If this is the case, then where is the evidence that Madonna’s adoption of a baby from Malawi has caused any sort of increase of donations to the impoverished nation? From any of Angelina Jolie’s previous adoptions of babies from impoverished nations around the world, have we seen any sort of improvement in the lives of the people of those nations?

If you really want to help Haiti, there are numerous ways that you can legitimately help but adopting one baby is not the way to go.